ONE POSTCARD FROM WORLD'S HIGHEST ALTITUDE POST OFFICE .

Perched at 15,500 ft above sea level, the Hikkim post office was opened on November 5, 1983.Hikkim is a village in Lahul and  Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh in India.
It is here that the monks from the nearby Komik monastery receive their passports to undertake overseas pilgrimages, where local farmers maintain savings accounts, and where curious tourists come to send postcards. Two runners take turns in delivering mail on foot from Hikkim to Kaza every morning, from where it is taken by bus to Reckong Peo, onward to Shimla, further by train to Kalka, loaded on a bus again headed to Delhi, and distributed by rail or air depending upon its destination.
For six months of the year, the post office remains closed because of snowfall and harsh weather.